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There are so many things for a little Sim to learn inThe Sims 4. Having a toddler can be a challenging but rewarding experience for any player, and it can be a much-needed change of pace from the world of adult Sims.
Nevertheless, being a toddler is a crucial stage of a Sim’s life, and there are skills they will need to learn and hone if they want to grow up to be successful. Communication is one of those skills, and even though it might not seem as critical, since toddlers have a decent level of ability in this game, it is still very important.
What Is The Communication Skill?
The Communication skill is another straightforward skill; itrefers to a toddler’s ability to talk to and communicate effectively with other Sims. Being proficient in Communication allows toddlers to say more concrete things as they improve on the skill.
How To Gain The Comunication Skill
To gain the Communication skill a toddler musttalk to another Sim, though they will only be able to Babble at first.
There are a few other ways to acquire it, such asusing the Wabbit Tablet to Watch Toddler Videos, but babbling to another Sim is the quickest and easiest option.
How To Improve The Communication Skill
There are a few ways to improve the Communication skill. Like all other toddler skills, Communication can be improved through things a toddler can do by themselves, or it can be developed with the help of an older Sim.
The available options to improve the Communication skill are as follows:
Theideal moodfor toddlers to learn Communication faster isHappy.
You will often notice that there is no progress bar above your toddler’s head when performing some of the required actions for leveling up the Communication skill. This is normal, asmost of these actions do not show the bar at all.
However, that does not mean your toddler is not advancing their skill if you can’t see it.
If you go into the Skills panel, you will notice that whenever you perform these actions, the background of the bar lights up in a very light green, indicating that your toddler is learning even if you’re able to’t see the progress outright.
This does make the Communication skill a little harder to keep track of, though.
Benefits Of Leveling The Communication Skill
Leveling up skills for your toddler works exactly as leveling up skills for older Sims. When you manage to get to a new level, you will unlock more interactions or benefits, expanding the possibilities of what your Sim can do.
These are all the benefits of the five levels of Communication during toddlerhood:
None.
Two
Can now look at picture books and play at the Dollshouse with other Sims.
Can now name Toys, Dolls, and Stuffed Animals.
Can now read toddler books by themselves.
Five
With an imagination fully developed, the toddler gains the ability to View Art.
Leveling up the Communication skill will alsohelp your toddler be a more accomplished child.
Sims will get a head-start on theirchildhood Social skillas they age up,depending on how well they developed their Communicationskill when they were a toddler.
A level three Communication skill willgrant them one point in Social, while a level five Communication skill willgrant them two points.
There are alsogeneral benefits for leveling up all skills. Successfully achieving levels three or five of all skills cangive your Sims a secret traitand some pretty hefty skill gains boosts, as seen below:
Achievemaximum pointsin all toddler skills.
Potty is a special case, as it does not correspond with any later skills, and itonly has three levels in total.
Toddler Traits That Help With Communication
Traits are what make Sims' personalities unique, and toddlers have them too, though theirs are a little simpler than older Sims' as they only get to have one. This singular trait will decide how your toddler behaves in general and what they will need for you to feel fulfilled.
Some toddler traits also give themthe ability to learn certain skills faster.
To make a toddler an ace in Communication, you will likely want togive them the Charmer trait. This improves their ability togain Communication points, while also making them immune to Stranger Danger, which isa common moodlet toddlers getfrom interacting with unknown Sims.
